AMD Kaveri GPU Driver Comparison
AMD A10-7800 Linux GPU driver benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Catalyst 14.6 Beta: 

	Processor: AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 1024MB (720/1066MHz), Audio: AMD Device 1308, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.20.7, OpenGL: 4.3.12967, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1: 

	Processor: AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 200 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev: 

	Processor: AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 200 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-b1843a2 2014-08-10 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev: 

	Processor: AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 200 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-031600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-b1843a2 2014-08-10 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
Catalyst 14.6 Beta . 1211 |====================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 11486 |===========================================
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 1092  |====
Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 6471  |========================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 381 |=============================================
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 46  |=====
Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 188 |======================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
Catalyst 14.6 Beta . 1887 |====================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 67008 |===========================================
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 2055  |=
Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 13589 |=========


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 218.93 |==========================================
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 31.20  |======
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 42.25  |========
Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 103.80 |====================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 58.23 |===========================================
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 6.10  |=====
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 10.90 |========
Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 35.23 |==========================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... MIN: 5   AVG: 17   MAX: 42 
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . MIN: 56  AVG: 89   MAX: 99 
Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . MIN: 5   AVG: 28   MAX: 43 


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 58.56 |===========================================
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 13.18 |==========
Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 34.05 |=========================


Unigine Heaven 4.0
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 13.76 |===========================================
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 3.68  |============
Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 12.66 |========================================


Unigine Sanctuary 2.3
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 60.69 |===========================================
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 9.41  |=======
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 9.48  |=======
Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 32.12 |=======================


Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 43.34 |===========================================
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 6.30  |======
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 6.65  |=======
Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 22.35 |======================


Warsow 1.51
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 33.70 |===========================================
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 8.73  |===========
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 8.47  |===========
Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 27.23 |===================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 186.06 |==========================================
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 16.16  |====
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 25.47  |======
Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 78.96  |==================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 97.79 |===========================================
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 8.66  |====
Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 39.03 |=================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 62.33 |===========================================
Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 26.23 |==================